Wristband of shirts



UNTTED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS K. CHANDLER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WRIS'IBAND 0F SHIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 12,899, dated May 22, 1855.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, RUrUs K. CHANDLER, of Richmond, in t-he county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Making the IVristbands of Shirts and other Similar Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature`of my invention consists in making a Wristband of two corresponding flaps a, combined with each other and with the port-ion d, of the Wristband that is secured to the shirt, in such a manner that both flaps can be turned forward, as represented in Figures 1, and 2; or the outer ap a, be turned backward, sov as to expose the under ap b, as represented in Figs. 3 and 4; or the under flap b may be turned under, as' represent-ed in Fig. 5. The flaps a, b, and the portion (Z, of the Wristband, may be stitched or otherwise, to suit the taste of the maker or wearer. Usually both flaps a, and b, and the upper portion d, of the Wristband, are so stitched as to make a handsome finish upon their outer sides. The aps should be ironed separately, so as to present smooth outer surfaces.

In wearing the shirt supplied with my improved wristbands, both flaps should be turned forward at first, and worn until the outer flaps are soiled, and then they should be t-urned back into the position shown in Figs. 3, and 4, for the'purpose of exposing the 'clean outer surfaces of the under flaps Z), b. Or the outer flaps, may be at first turned backward, and the shirt worn until the under flaps are soiled, and then the said under flaps be turned under and the outer iaps turned forward. As the wristbands of a shirt are always the first exposed portion of it to get soiled, my improved wristbands enable a shirt to be decently worn nearly twice as long as a shirt supplied with the usual form of wristbands.

VVhzit I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Making wristbands with double flaps, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

The above specification of my improvement in shirt sleeve wristbands, signed and witnessed this 11th day of April 1855.

RUFUS K. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

Gr. IV. ADAMS,

GEO. SMITH, 

